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Editorial
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Looney Tunes : Golden Collection,
Volume Five
The fifth collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie
Melodies continues Warner Bros.' scattershot approach,
mixing classics and obscurities. Among the best-known
and funniest cartoons are "Ali Baba Bunny" (Daffy
yelling, "I'm rich! I'm socially secure!"), "Bewitched
Bunny" (Witch Hazel galloping off in a cloud of hair
pins), and "Buccaneer Bunny" (a sterling example
of one of director Friz Freleng's favorite gags:
having the characters run up and down stairs and
in and out of various doors). "Gold Diggers of '49" and "Little
Red Walking Hood" show Tex Avery beginning to explore
the self-reflexive gags that would be become one
of the hallmarks of his mature style. In "Walking
Hood," Grandma stops the action to answer the phone
and place her order with the grocer--including a
case of gin. "The Daffy Doc" is Bob Clampett at his
most surreal, with Daffy and Porky getting sucked
into an iron lung, bulging and shrinking like balloon
animals. Some of the earliest cartoons predate the
adoption of "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" as the
theme song for the Warner Bros. cartoons. Many shorts
from the early '30s were built around songs from
Warner's musicals: "I've Got to Sing a Torch Song" (written
for Gold Diggers of 1933) features caricatures
of Mae West, George Bernard Shaw, Benito Mussolini,
and Bing Crosby frolicking to the title tune. Greta
Garbo delivers the closing, "That's All, Folks!" Like
the previous four sets, Golden Collection Volume
5 comes loaded with extras that range from three
WWII films in which Mr. Hook urges sailors to buy
war bonds to "Extremes and In-Betweens: A Life in
Animation" (2000), a documentary about Oscar-winning
director Chuck Jones. Many of these cartoons will
have viewers of all ages in stitches. (Unrated, suitable
for ages 6 and older: cartoon violence, ethnic stereotypes,
mild risqué humor, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles
Solomon
Description
More Looney Tunes...your wish
is our command. In this 4-disc set are 60 more of the
most looneytic Looney Tunes ever unleashed and over
5 hours of extra special features. Indeed, some have
never before been on home video! Disc 1 features some
of the best Bugs and Daffy shorts ever. Disc 2 is filled
with Looney Tunes version of fairy tales. Disc 3 features
the best of Looney Tunes directed by Bob Clampett.
And Disc 4 is all about the early daze. |